A ringing, swishing, or other noise in the ears or head when no external sound is present is called tinnitus. Usually, it's more of a nuisance than a serious medical problem. In rare cases, it can be a sign of an underlying medical condition that needs attention. About 10% of adults...
It’s become like tenesmus, which is the medical term for the condition of dissatisfied defaecation. The instinct is blameless, the urge is strong, but the act feels somehow incomplete. Hillary deplored deplorables to her cost. It turns out the deplorable are not few and they live next ...
Anti-motiltiy medications— Medications such as loperamide (Imodium), diphenoxylate (Lomotil), or medications containing codeine or narcotics that decrease the ability of the intestine to contract. These can worsen the condition of a patient with dysentery or colitis. ...
The condition or quality of being useless or ineffective: bootlessness,fruitlessness,unavailingness,unprofitableness,uselessness,vainness,vanity. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publ...
2.Chronic Pain Chronic pain is a condition where pain persists months or even years after an injury has healed. Pain can be near-constant, but it’s liable to flare up occasionally due to stress or surges in activity. Here are a few common forms of chronic pain: ...
All of the MSF staff reported that the no weapons policy was respected in the Trauma Centre. [Since the KTC opened, there were some rare exceptions when a patient was brought to the hospital in a critical condition and the gate was opened to allow the patient to be delivered to the emerg...
Fatigue may be the result of one or more environmental causes such as inadequate rest, improper diet, work and home stressors, or poor physical conditioning, or one symptom of a chronic medical condition or disease process in the body. Heart disease, low blood pressure, diabetes, end-stage ...
Frozen shoulder, medically termed as adhesive capsulitis, is a condition where there is inflammation in the lining of the shoulder capsule, thereby restricting movement of the joints. There is stiffness, pain and difficulty in moving the shoulder. The shoulder is a ball and socket joint made up...
wake up to re-open the obstructed airway. Far from ideal, this condition can cause side effects such as high blood pressure and constant tiredness. Someone suffering from sleep apnea might not be aware of their condition, but their loud snoring is sure to have been noticed by their partner...
Humans are unique among animals in that they spend an unusually long period of early life in a relatively helpless condition, and a sense of helplessness can lead to anxiety. The extended period of human dependency on adults means that people may remember, and learn to anticipate, frightening ...